Exactly what I thought!
Feels like Sony and Microsoft have different approaches to this kind of thing.
Anyhoo, this is not only a proper megaton, but is a good business move for both Insomniac and Sony.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment has acquired Insomniac Games
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Exactly what I thought!
Feels like Sony and Microsoft have different approaches to this kind of thing.
Anyhoo, this is not only a proper megaton, but is a good business move for both Insomniac and Sony.
That's a good counterpoint. I'm not sure how it works in practice. Like does Sony pay Insomniac MORE for the next Spiderman than they would've for another Resistance or Ratchet and Clank? How much of the blockbuster sales go back to the developer vs the publisher?
I was originally thinking that Insomniac's value might've skyrocketed to ANY publisher with comic book rights. Like if you want to make an X-Men game, Insomniac and Rock Steady are probably the top teams you'd want to sign. It might not be so smart to buy a studio at their absolute peak value.
It's true that Sony could take Spiderman to another team, but it probably hurts Sony more than Insomniac unless a robust profit-sharing deal is in place.
Honestly I thought Fuse was just for the PS3. I didn't care about it since they changed the design more than halfway through developement so it looked mediocre at best so I didn't follow it since then. Same with Song of the Deep. I also don't know what game they made with EA either. Apparently I don't pay attention to games that bore me LOL.
And no I'm not disagreeing with you, just saying I had no idea about a handful of games.
I will forever be in awe of Era's ability to twist a universal positive in to something actually negative.
Nah. The tone in those threads were a lot more hostile than the Sony fanboy circle jerk going on in here.
Just goes to show you how few Xbox fans their are here.
I'm hoping they don't. Remedy is a perfect fit for them, and that's the problem IMO. If there's one negative thing you could say about Sony's first party this generation, and there's not much because they've been absolutely fucking stellar this generation, it's that their first party studios definitely have a similar boilerplate.
I want Sony to diversify their output, and Remedy would simply give them another third party narrative driven game, which they already have the studio infrastructure to support.
I was rereading the thread and there were the usual suspects concerned that the studio would be shut down
It's really crazy how I keep upgrading my PC, but the best looking games are mostly Playstation exclusive anyway.
MS can't get the Spidey license. It's which Sony and Insomniac for the foreseeable future.
Good acquisition for Sony and congrats Insomniac.
I'm not a big fan of acquisitions, but at least Sony doesn't make a show from it.
I'm not a big fan of acquisitions, but at least Sony doesn't make a show from it.
Do you like envision this as a boardroom scenario where it was either 'better functioning controller' or acquire developer and the controller just couldn't muster enough votes?
They have nothing to do with one another.
The fact that MS did not buy a studio of this size is very telling. There is a lot to read into it.
To me, it just confirms that they have no interest in buying AAA studios. They want their new AA studios to turn out games as fast as possible so they can be added to GamePass on regular intervals. Their new studios should allow them to do this at a rate of a game every 3/4 months or so.
A studio the size of insomniac would normally take 3 years to make a blockbuster AAA game. These games still sell like hotcakes on Sony's platform. The MS games of this size have largely struggled recently, hence their emphasis on the GP model.
To me, it just confirms that they have no interest in buying AAA studios. They want their new AA studios to turn out games as fast as possible so they can be added to GamePass on regular intervals. Their new studios should allow them to do this at a rate of a game every 3/4 months or so.
A studio the size of insomniac would normally take 3 years to make a blockbuster AAA game. These games still sell like hotcakes on Sony's platform. The MS games of this size have largely struggled recently, hence their emphasis on the GP model.
Insomniac was almost a Sony dev. You saw hostility in Playground buyout?
This is pretty much going to be the industry going forward. I think we are seeing consolidation of the gaming industry. I believe you mentioned this would happen a year or so ago.
Good for insomniac. Spider-Man was great.
Somehow this is shocking yet surprising. They've done great work for Sony in the past, and this is just a continuation of that. Hopefully the team and be pumped up into two, so I can get my Ratchet fix much quicker.
Wonder what happens to their VR stuff.
Wonder what happens to their VR stuff.
This is an extremely terrible take and you should feel bad.
Remedy is a terrible fit for anyone. Paying anywhere near 100 million for a team that can push out at most 2 decent but not very well selling games a generation is not a good investment.
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